PayPal Business Advanced module?

[DivaVocals]

OK not trying to be a greasy wheel or anything, but is there any kind of time frame on this being deployed?

There are other platforms that support this feature but of course I wanna stay with what I know, IE: Zencart.

Thanks

As of December, I think DrByte was quite clear on where this is at..

Ya, PayPal started offering PPA in April.

As far as the plugin goes, the code still needs much polishing. Been debating posting the unfinished code as an "alpha release" for use-at-your-own-risk testing at large. I'm sure there'll be lotsa complaints about that approach, but I guess I'll never be able to please everyone.

So if you are looking at this for any kind of upcoming project, and you feel that you HAVE to have PayPal's Advanced Payments on your Zen Cart site, then at this point it appears you have two options:

1. Explore other platforms
2. Engage the services of a developer to create this module for you
3. Use the existing PayPal payment modules

Quite frankly all this clamoring for Advanced Payments seems to be molehills being made into mountains. PayPal isn't really offering anything NEW. They simply created a hybrid product which embeds the Express window on your site. Here's what DrByte posted:

Yes, you've always been able to use PayPal Payments Pro to take credit card payments directly on your site. Requires PCI compliance self-certification.
And Express Checkout can also take credit-card payments without requiring a PayPal account.

The Payments Advanced option is somewhat of a hybrid of the two, where the credit card processing shows on your site in an iframe but is hosted at paypal, basically taking the bulk of the PCI stuff onto PayPal's end.

If you think you NEED this simply because you want to add the PayPal financing feature, then my suggestion is that you should go back to PayPal's site and compare the three business payment offerings again. They ALL offer the PayPal financing option AND so it's clear you MUST be on the PayPal site to use it (ie: PayPal Express). So it would appear that waiting for a module which amounts to embedding the PayPal Express page inside Zen Cart JUST so that you can use the financing option makes no sense since a PayPal Express module for Zen Cart already exists..

[gilby]

OK not trying to be a greasy wheel or anything, but is there any kind of time frame on this being deployed?

There are other platforms that support this feature but of course I wanna stay with what I know, IE: Zencart.

Thanks

NO there is NOT a time frame announced for this (or any other zen-cart mod or update).
If it is an essential "deal breaker" requirement for you, then you will need to pay a developer to write it for you.
You could then share it with the community.

[DivaVocals]

NO there is NOT a time frame announced for this (or any other zen-cart mod or update).
If it is an essential "deal breaker" requirement for you, then you will need to pay a developer to write it for you.
You could then share it with the community.

EXACTLY!!

and I STILL say that no one is missing anything by NOT having this module..

Mountains being made of of molehills I say..

[DrByte]

Well, the one thing they probably think they're missing is the $5 monthly with PPA instead of $35 monthly with Pro. But Pro has additional benefits PPA doesn't. The details of that are all on the PayPal site, and do not need to be hashed out here.

[DivaVocals]

Well, the one thing they probably think they're missing is the $5 monthly with PPA instead of $35 monthly with Pro. But Pro has additional benefits PPA doesn't. The details of that are all on the PayPal site, and do not need to be hashed out here.

Well yes there is that.. To clarify, I was speaking from a functional perspective..

[willieWontGo]

Whoomp there it is! And if I might add any business owner who thinks they MUST have this is certainly free to engage the services of a developer to build this for them.

Cop out, sorry, call it as I see it.

Again, please don't tell people something is in the queue, and then not follow up. There's been many folks offering assistance in this thread - coding, alpha/beta testing, or otherwise, but nothing's been given to them - why is that?

Furthermore, I've used plenty of my own time these past years, and have been postively vocal (literally and figuratively via writing) about Zen Cart and it's features - FREE advertising.

If it this mod ain't happenin', please just say so. Then those of us (many of us BTW), can get on with our lives.

[DivaVocals]

Cop out, sorry, call it as I see it.

Again, please don't tell people something is in the queue, and then not follow up. There's been many folks offering assistance in this thread - coding, alpha/beta testing, or otherwise, but nothing's been given to them - why is that?

Furthermore, I've used plenty of my own time these past years, and have been postively vocal (literally and figuratively via writing) about Zen Cart and it's features - FREE advertising.

If it this mod ain't happenin', please just say so. Then those of us (many of us BTW), can get on with our lives.

You can call it a cop out, but the simple truth is that if you feel YOU NEED/MUST HAVE this, AND DrByte isn't working fast enough or answering your questions fast enough to suit your timeframe, then pay someone to build it and move on. Not sure why you seem all bent out of shape about this?? If it ain't ready, it's just not ready.. The sky isn't falling over this.. Nothing is preventing anyone from getting this feature on their own if they want it..

BTW, not releasing the code doesn't mean it's not still in the queue for DrByte.. Perhaps DrByte's had BIGGER priorities on HIS to-do list, and this was put on a back burner.. (based on hs posts, this appears to be the case) It happens.. Far be for you to tell DrByte how he should prioritize HIS time.

[uswebworx]

Its not like SSL is expensive and as a web master I'd recommend it no matter what and while not entirely on topic, there are a lot of folks who refuse to use paypal, that's why my clients offer CC and PayPal

[uswebworx]

Cop out, sorry, call it as I see it.

Again, please don't tell people something is in the queue, and then not follow up. There's been many folks offering assistance in this thread - coding, alpha/beta testing, or otherwise, but nothing's been given to them - why is that?

Furthermore, I've used plenty of my own time these past years, and have been postively vocal (literally and figuratively via writing) about Zen Cart and it's features - FREE advertising.

If it this mod ain't happenin', please just say so. Then those of us (many of us BTW), can get on with our lives.

ZEN-CART is OPEN Source Software, not sure what that is, use Google. It is created by a bunch of fine folks who have other jobs as well and this isn't paying their bills.........

[willieWontGo]

BTW, not releasing the code doesn't mean it's not still in the queue for DrByte.. Perhaps DrByte's had BIGGER priorities on HIS to-do list, and this was put on a back burner.. (based on hs posts, this appears to be the case) It happens.. Far be for you to tell DrByte how he should prioritize HIS time.

Again, if it's not a priority - fine! Just tell us that information. Why is that so difficult to say? Would it have killed anyone to state that - last year?

Free or not free, when we comment that it's disappointing about waiting for a year, nobody should be surprised.

Not telling anyone what to do and getting bent out of shape about it - on the contrary, we've been very patient.